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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Who would have thought years and years ago
how diverse and mixed our planet would be. With the internet you are
able to meet people that you would have never met before. And have
relationships over long distance that no one could have dreamed of. It's
a pretty amazing thing when you really think about it.
I lay in bed at night sometimes just thinking about that and how
lucky I am to have met someone like Kevin. Kevin lives in Australia;
half a world away! Yet, over the course of several years we have grown
so close. He is my best friend and I can't imagine life without him. He
was here for three months and one of the hardest things I've ever had to
do was send him back on that plane. Long distance relationships are
very hard though. And I believe they are even harder once you have been
together and then you are forced back apart. The only thing you can do
is wait.
And wait is what we do. We filed the immigration paperwork as soon as
he left. That was back in March. Luckily the paperwork goes to the
Vermont Service Center with an average time of five months. Texas has an
average time of 18.5 months! I'm really glad it didn't go there. So we
are almost at three months down, but the time apart is difficult. We
talk when he wakes up in the morning which is the evening for me. Then I
head to bed and he goes about his day. Then we talk again when I get
up, which is usually at 4:00 am each morning; which is now his evening.
We do the best we can and spend whatever time we can together.
Once the application goes through the Vermont Service Center they
will set up a meeting at the Consulate in Australia. He will have to go
there and have an interview. So I'm workign on an album right now that
he will take with him. It's the motivation I needed to get back into
Scrapbooking. It has been 2 or 3 years since I have done anything. It
feels good to get back to what I love doing. I'm doing an 8.5 x 11 album
so its easier to ship. I have never done an 8.5 x 11 album and I find
it really difficult! I'm use to my 12 x 12 and I have so much space to
manipulate. But I don't think they are turning out half bad. It's
definitely a challenge!
So, we will continue to wait and I will work on getting this album
done in the meantime. It seems like forever since he was here even
though it has only been a few months. Hopefully the time will go by a
little quicker and we can get him back home to us where he belongs.

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Thank you for stopping by. My name is Susan, and I am currently living in Kennesaw, GA. I am married to my best friend Kevin. I have 3 kids, 2 cats and 2 dogs. I love to scrapbook and make cards; anything crafty. I love sharing my journey through life and my thoughts as well as some pages.